August 28, 2008
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Guiding Star
May 2008 Tue 30 Nov 1999,
Junta authorities force carpenters to build high school

Flooding leads to increase in price of fish

Mon Queen's Buddha image signboard moved

Burmese army confiscate more land for self-sustenance

Army bans going to plantations 24 hours a day

Eight suspected of supporting Mon rebels arrested

Five hostels closed down by army in Kaw Thaung

Yebyu villagers caught between Mon rebels and Burmese troops

Nationalist Mon comedian dies

NMSP receives complaint about land confiscation

Ethnic opposition leaders not allowed to meet UN envoy

Private electricity provider bribes TPDC, police to close electrocution case

Lower ranking Military Affairs Security Unit disarmed for security reasons

Dawpone authorities distribute relief supplies

No electricity supply without inaugural ceremony: Naypyidaw

commentary
Electoral Dilemmas:
Mon 04 Aug 2008, by Ashley South
With the referendum process now completed, the Burmese military government is preparing for elections in 2010. The obviously manipulated nature of the referendum in May (according to which, over 92%...

FEATURE
Is their own country best for them?
Fri 15 Aug 2008, Written by Nai Toay
Resettlement in a third country where good education, health system, a good life, that can never had on the Thai-Burma border is the last hope for Burmese refugees especially Karen refugees who have spent over a decade there. Many international NGOs...

Editorial
Remembering the spirit of 8888
Sat 09 Aug 2008,
As always, youth love justice and a rule of law in any country, and they are the group who renege against any tyranny and oppressive regime. A strong example was Burma's pro-democracy uprising in...

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